Triple
T10652678
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | South African politics |
E251009
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableOppositionFigure |
P11706
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mangosuthu Buthelezi |
E190873
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Mangosuthu Buthelezi | Statement: [South African politics, notableOppositionFigure, Mangosuthu Buthelezi]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mangosuthu Buthelezi Context triple: [South African politics, notableOppositionFigure, Mangosuthu Buthelezi]
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A.
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
chosen
Mangosuthu Buthelezi was a prominent South African Zulu leader and founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party who played a controversial but significant role in the country’s transition from apartheid to democracy.
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B.
Mathole Buthelezi
Mathole Buthelezi was the father of South African politician and Zulu traditional leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
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C.
Dumisa Ntsebeza
Dumisa Ntsebeza is a South African lawyer, human rights advocate, and former Truth and Reconciliation Commission commissioner known for his work on transitional justice and constitutional law.
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D.
Moses Mabhida
Moses Mabhida was a prominent South African trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist who served as a senior leader of the African National Congress.
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E.
Lobengula Khumalo
Lobengula Khumalo was the second and last king of the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom in what is now Zimbabwe, known for his resistance to British colonial encroachment in the late 19th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69d6aa5a4c4881908f39be6efe5981e5 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d6dff78ec88190a4d1863fe87245f6 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 11:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d97a71fac48190a6d7c99ebc5aad0a |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:32 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:06 p.m.